Day: July 4, 2020

DU online registration process for admission extended till Jul 18

11:07 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi University on Saturday announced that the online registration process for admission to undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD programmes has been extended till July 18. The registration process has received tremendous response despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to extend the date has been taken in view of the notification of declaration of CBSE result and […]

PM pitches for need to promote start-ups to ensure innovation in agriculture sector

11:03 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the progress of agriculture research, extension and education in India and pitched for promoting start-ups and agri-enterpreneurs to ensure innovation and use of technology in farming and allied sectors. He underlined the need for developing forward and backward linkages to assure better returns to farmers, an official statement said. Modi […]

India can now create Aatmanirbhar secured internet

Govt launches scheme to promote Indian apps

10:51 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi : The government on Saturday launched a programme for Indian tech entrepreneurs and startups to build a strong ecosystem to develop and promote indigenous world-class apps. The Ministry of Electronics and IT in partnership with Niti Ayog announced that it will run the programme in two stages. “With an objective to support and build a strong ecosystem […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Daughter lights funeral pyre of DSP father as 8 policemen killed in encounter cremated with full state honours

9:10 pm July 4, 2020

Kanpur: The daughter of DSP Devendra Mishra lit the funeral pyre of her father as he and seven other police personnel were cremated with full state honours in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a day after they were killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur district. The eight men were ambushed in Chaubeypur police station area while they were going to […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump’s ‘strong wall’ to block COVID-19 from China had holes

9:03 pm July 4, 2020

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travellers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic — a “strong wall” that allowed only US citizens inside, he boasted in May. But Trump’s wall was more like a sieve. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories […]